There are the following types of inventories:
Inventory is valued at “lower” of:
- Cost that is purchase cost or
- Market price that is net realizable value
Though there are many methods of valuation of inventory by a company, the most important ones that are used practically are as follows:
Let us understand these methods while differentiating between the two.
The FIFO method is more acceptable and more widely used ...
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